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| bio | website | wskidmore.com |
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| location | Phoenix, AZ | |
| age | 25 | |
| visits | member for | 1 year, 8 months |
| seen | May 19 at 20:01 | |
| stats | profile views | 2 |
Software Engineer Associate at Sage Software.
Creates RIA's for mobile platforms - so mainly javascript/html5 with a sprinkle of other languages for deployment.
Personal Stuff: Enjoy keeping up with the latest web trends, notably javascript and html5.
Reading: Sci-fi, fantasy, philosophy
Activities: SO, old pc gaming (see gog.com)
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Jan 9 |
awarded | Yearling |
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Jan 4 |
comment |
How can I teach a student who seems to have no rhythm? Not a full answer, but I've had personal success with practicing strumming way up on the neck (7th-10th frets ish). For some reason combining saying down/up, watching a video and strumming way up on the neck it starts to synch correctly. |
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Dec 21 |
awarded | Citizen Patrol |
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Dec 11 |
awarded | Teacher |
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Dec 11 |
revised |
Getting started with an electric guitar and Rocksmith as an absolute beginner added 599 characters in body |
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Dec 11 |
answered | Getting started with an electric guitar and Rocksmith as an absolute beginner |
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Dec 5 |
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E-B-G-D-A-E Guitar Strings Vs. E-A-D-G-B-E Guitar Strings? Imagine: you're holding a guitar playing and you want to look at the strings to make sure your fingers are in the right spot. From this angle the high e is on the top with b under it (second from the top). |
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Jan 1 |
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Whole finger callous - for barre chords? This works! Well, it does buzz slightly but that'll pass in time. If I "roll" about 30 degrees so its the flat of my finger the barre plays correctly. I'll be doing the exercises that Chiron mentions, with maybe decreasing the degrees every week or so until I can play properly. Thank you! |
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Jan 1 |
accepted | Whole finger callous - for barre chords? |
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Jan 1 |
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Whole finger callous - for barre chords? That's what I'm doing =) -- and this works for all but the one string pressing against that part of my finger. The string actually goes into my skin completely.. but it doesn't "hold" the string still even though it's completely enveloped. |
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Jan 1 |
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Whole finger callous - for barre chords? That's what I'm doing =) -- and this works for all but the one string pressing against that part of my finger. The string actually goes into my skin completely.. but it doesn't "hold" the string still even though it's completely enveloped. |
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Jan 1 |
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Whole finger callous - for barre chords? I can't seem to play any barre properly at any fret, even with using a capo at various frets. However, after doing this for about an hour I can definitely feel the muscle strain -- meaning it is helpful for barres in general but not helping with the elusive G string issue. |
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Dec 31 |
asked | Whole finger callous - for barre chords? |
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Sep 22 |
awarded | Editor |
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Sep 22 |
revised |
Learning guitar, start at low end or high end? added 462 characters in body |
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Sep 22 |
awarded | Scholar |
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Sep 22 |
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Learning guitar, start at low end or high end? Took it to the repair shop, it was a combination of several things, which I've added to my answer but this lead me down the right path for sure. |
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Sep 22 |
accepted | Learning guitar, start at low end or high end? |
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Sep 21 |
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Learning guitar, start at low end or high end? Thank you for the input, I think you may be on to something about keeping it interesting. I've been looking for easy riffs in that area and found several but nothing really to show friends. Towards the action, I raised it a bit to eliminate buzz from playing open strings - at the 12th fret they are now 1mm from the board (from an answer at this site) and everything seems okay. I will take it to a shop though, just in case! |
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Sep 21 |
awarded | Supporter |
